Cotteb-pin-extractihg tool



R. Vv'. BAHRE.

COTTER PIN EXTRACTI-NG TOOL.

APPLYCATION FILED JULY15,191R.

'L3 6,4@9 Patented Sept. l, 1919.

RHEUBEN W. BAHRE, OF DUQUOIN, ILLINOIS.`

COTTER-PIN-EXTRACTING TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 16, 1919.

Application filed .Tuly 15, 1918. Serial No. 244,981.

' vices of this character as well as to increase their eiiiciency.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cotter pin extractingtool which may be manufactured at exceedingly low cost, and which isconstructed in such manner as to provide means for straightening the pinprior to the extracting operation.

IVith these objects in view, together with others which will appear asthe description proceeds, the invention resides in the novel formation,combination and arrangement of parts, all as will be described morefully hereinafter, illustrated in the drawings, and particularly pointedout in the claim.

In the drawings Figure l is a perspective view of a cotter pinextracting tool constructed in accordance with the invention, and

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the improved tool.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, 3 and 4 indicaterespectivelyT crossed handle members, the same being pivoted togetherinwardly from their ends as at 5.

The members 3 and 4 adjacent their point of connection are provided withjaws (S and 7 whose faces abut each other throughout their lengths whenthe tool is closed.

The free end of the jaw 7 on the member 3 is provided with a table oranvil S, having an aperture 9 therein to receive a bill or wedge -10 atthe free end of the jaw 6 on the handle 4.

Then the handle lmembers 3 and 4 are grasped and moved toward eachother, the jaw portions 6 and 7 move correspondingly and the wedge orbill l0 moves into the aperture 9 in anvil t8. It will be. observed thatthe bill l0 is of substantially pyramidal i form so that the said memberentering between thel leg portions of a cotter pin will cause the saidportions to move apart.

lYhen it is desired to use the tool in applymg a cotter pin, thestraight pin is passed through the opening to receive the Same,whereupon the tool is applied to the free end of the leg portions of thepin by placing the anvil 8 directly beneath the same. Closing of thejaws then causes the bill or wedge 10 to move downwardly between the legportions thereof. Continued inward pressure applied to the handles ofthe tool causes the wedge to move further downwardly, whereupon the legmembers are.l

separated. In removing a cotter pin, the divergent leg portions thereofare grasped between the jaw faces G and 7, and the handle portions arethen moved together. This movement causes the jaws to force the legvportions together or in other words straighten the pin. The bill 10 maythen be inserted through the eye of the cotter pin to facilitatewithdrawal of the same.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is: i

In a device of the character described, the

combination of a pair of crossed handle members pivotally connectedtogether to form jaws immediately in front. of the pivot thereof,reduced extensions projecting beyond the outer ends of the jaws, one ofthe extensions terminating in an apertured flat anvil and the otherterminating in a'n anglilar wedge shaped bill in position vto movethrough the apertiire of the anvil as the handle members are swungtogether, said jaws having fiat abutting surfaces spaced inwardlytoward-each other at a considerable distance from the surfaces of theextensions. whereby7 articles may be gripped b v said jawswithoutinjuryv to said articles and without interference from saidextensions, as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RHEUBEN IV. BAHRE lVitnesses: d V

J. F. EISENBEIS, JAMEs I. THRELKELD.

